STFU About OpenAI

“Building smarter-than-human machines is an inherently dangerous endeavor … But over the past years, safety culture and processes have taken a backseat to shiny products.” OpenAI created a team to control ‘superintelligent’ AI — then let it wither. (Now more than ever, self-regulation is no way to regulate big tech.)

+ OpenAI pulls its Scarlett Johansson-like voice for ChatGPT. But she’s not the only one who’s not talking…

+ … “Questions arose immediately: Were they forced out? Is this delayed fallout of Altman’s brief firing last fall? Are they resigning in protest of some secret and dangerous new OpenAI project? Speculation filled the void because no one who had once worked at OpenAI was talking. It turns out there’s a very clear reason for that. I have seen the extremely restrictive off-boarding agreement that contains nondisclosure and non-disparagement provisions former OpenAI employees are subject to. It forbids them, for the rest of their lives, from criticizing their former employer. Even acknowledging that the NDA exists is a violation of it.” Vox: ChatGPT can talk, but OpenAI employees sure can’t.